 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pàgines
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world." But, to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue...the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour.... | |
 | 1849 - 614 pàgines
...is to come, than a continual flow of success and selfgratification. Lord Bacon was right in saying, "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;...greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1849 - 492 pàgines
...those heavenly graces that impart a sacredness to Christian sorrow. V. HER WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." LORD BACON : Essay on Adversity. " Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth." FROM the mournful... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pàgines
...[Prosperity and Adi-errity.] The virtue of prosperity is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. th a modest smile, And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen. Upon his royal face ther carricth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of Uod's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament,... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1849 - 496 pàgines
...those heavenly graces that impart a sacredness to Christian sorrow. V. HER WIDOWHOOD AND OLD AGE. " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New, whieh carrieth the greater benedietion, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." LORD BACON : Essay... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pàgines
...stock to graft a scholar on. HEALTH is the greatest of all bodily pleasure*, but the least thought of. THE virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. — Bacon. IT is not well to be too hasty in believing, or rejecting what is reported ; to be able... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 pàgines
...richer and softer. The following passage, first published in 1625, will show the extent of the change: "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pàgines
...that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world. But to speak in a mean : down, are such as do mo. rals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity it the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pàgines
...saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world. " But to speak in a mean ' : the virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue...favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David'sharp, you shall hear as many herselike" airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath... | |
 | None - 1851 - 514 pàgines
...us, " Sweet are the uses of adversity." Older philosophers have spoken highly of it. Bacon says, " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament :...greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor." Ourselves we know that there are the best uses in reverse, bitter to the taste, but afterwards... | |
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Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. 
